Pension Credit Overpayment DWP not responding

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wendy1

Hi Notcoping, I'm so sorry about your situation, unfortunately I don't have any advice for you. But what I would like you to know is the DWP have also sent me 2 letters of overpayments that they say have been paid into my mothers ( Deceased ) account. Hope you can get some help and answers

NotCoping

Hello bekindalways and wendy1 and thanks so much for your understanding comments. These fights are debilitating and infuriating, as you know.

In my case it wasn't what I had written on the claim form, but that I had not (according to them) declared a "change of circumstances" year by year, since I get a small private pension that increases by a matter of pence, but I am supposed to tell them every year what the change in the amount is. I had been doing that, but they didn't use the information in their calculations, then came after me for their mistake.

My personal opinion is that the Government is over eager to recoup some of the money lost to them in the 2016 pensions fiasco, and they have brought in a company to find "fraud" no matter what. Even to the extent of harassing people who have done nothing wrong, because they seem to think they can put pressure on vulnerable claimants (whom they often feel are all frauds anyway) and claw back money from them to top up the coffers. But I might be wrong.

I do hope, Wendy2 that you can successfully fight this. In my experience, phoning them is a waste of time, plus the fact that this group chasing "fraud" is not responding to challenges, nor following up on the facts of each case. Nor do they properly agree to a "Mandatory Reconsideration" process - in my experience at least - they just go on ignoring you until you give in. So, if you are able to muster all resources to show you are right, do so by every means.

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